any bad things to say about the asus v6800 deluxe board? and which vid card would you recommend for me?

[loosbrew]

hey all, im thinking about buying one of these boards sooner or later but this is the board im loking at now. i dont need something that is as extreme as 64mb ddr but 32 ddr is alright i guess. i do minimal gaming(starcraft every other night and maybe some other few games, but not often) and some photoshop work...mostly web design and such. i like th features if the asus v6800 deluxe and i think it ould do nicely with my tbird 900(better than my monster fusion pci!) i like th dvd support but i havent really heard anything about this board, good or bad since the review here on anandtech. anyone have any experience with this card, if so how do you like it? would this be overkill for someone lik eme who likes to play games on occasion and does some graphic work? the prices havent gone down at all since ive been looking at them, about 6-8 months ago. they actually went up 10 bux as of late.should i look into the v6600 deluxe? its cheaper but how is the quality?


i appreciate your responses, tia
looooooo

 

[Playitagainsam]

Hi,

You'll love the ASUS 6800. I wanted to get one myself for Christmas, but they're not available in stores anymore here, in Ottawa, and I can't buy off the internet because of taxes and duties. So I bought the 7700 Deluxe (basically the same card, better GPU).

Excellent card. You'll keep it for a good while, trust me. And yes, it comes with software DVD and VCD players, but you can also hook up a DVD hardware decoder to it, and you'll have the best of both worlds. And the video capture and editing functions, although not professional-quality, can surely come in handy.

 

[Playitagainsam]

crap, double post!

 

[Deeko]

You say you do mostly 2D work and like to have DVD support? Get yourself a Radeon. You can get a 32MB DDR Radeon for about $150, last time I checked. Excellent deal for an excellent card.